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[faith61478]

As a teen, puberty on I was on various types of birth control to help aid in polycystic ovarian syndrom. I also at this time was told I had manic depressive characteristics. My later teen years I had tried numerous pysch meds with no help. When I turned 22 I had gastric bypass surgery and my right ovary removed along with a cyst on the lest one, stopped all psych meds and was put on Lo Oval, birth control, They said it was a normal dose pill (28) as opposed to Ovcon 35 which i took prior. I never had any symptoms of depression or mania since. March of 2004 i started having an irregular period and they switched me to Yasmin, I had typical mood swings but nothing serious. A cyst regrew on the only ovary I had and then I went down hill from then. Back on the ovcon 35, then to the patch, Finally the cyst became painfull and I stopped having a period all together. They induce my period with Provera in Dec 2004. I never took the 7 day pills consectutivly but either way my period came and then it never went away. Since I bled on and off every 2 days from Dec 2004 till March 2005 I became anemic. Treated that and fixed it, Had a D&C March 19, began bleeding was put back on Provera for 10 days, second day on pill suffered sever depression, suicidal thoughts, waited it out finally 4th day had no sleep, was planning my death, I called my Dr, and she had me stop. I was normal mentally within 4 days off the pills. It is believed that I am not absorbing my birth control properly because of the gastric bypass and the high dose of provera cause sever side effects. While there are really no studies on the malabsorption of gastric bypass patients and birth control I am wondering if I have had some negative effect with Birth control in general which caused mental instability pre gastirc bypass and now that i don't absrob it I normaled out until they switch me to a high dose just this past year. Could it be possible my body could not handle synthetic hormones and that is why I had reacted this way? I switched back to a lower estrogen pill and feel so normal, but it is not helping my cyst problem. I am scared to take any other types non oral hormones (the patch, the ring, or injection) after that episode I have had. If anyone is experianceing this or knows something please contact me back. Thanks.,

[bassplayer]

Hi, I'm sorry to read about all the stuff you've gone through
with the scary and taxing side effects of the vaious birth
control pills you've tried. At least it's back to normal for
the moment.

I'm no expert, but I do imagine that the psychological reactions
are, as you suggest, bcause your body isn't dealing well with
those hormones.

Anyway, I'm not sure if there's anything in these sites that you
already know, but I looked around anyway just in case:

Mental side effects of birth control pills:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0725081754.htm

General info & constant bleeding/period:

http://www.noperiod.com/handout.html

Info on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome for anyone who doesn't know:

http://www.ovarian-cysts-pcos.com/pcos.html

I hope these helped a little bit, in some way.

Good luck!

Ian Mason